Aaron Copland, (born Nov. 14, 1900, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S. died Dec. 2, 1990, North Tarrytown [now Sleepy Hollow], N.Y.), American composer who achieved a distinctive musical characterization of American themes in an expressive modern style. Copland, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, was born in New York City and attended public schools there. An older sister taught him to play the piano, and by the time he was 15 he had decided to become a composer. As a first step Copland tried to learn harmony through a correspondence course. Haltingly and in an environment not particularly conducive to art, he struggled toward
(4 out of 5 stars) Normally the person just being introduced to Copland will think of him as the country boy from out west when they here such works as Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, and Rodeo. Well this CD of his early music was a big step for composer kind into the 20th century. Much of this music is not what we think of as his cowboy music. The Piano Concerto is very jazzy and catchy. His Theatre Music contains quite a bit of very city like jazz. This was jazz in the concert hall right before Gershwin became famous. Copland kinda broke the ice. The Organ Symphony is incredible. It s amazing how Copland creates such tension in some parts of the first and third movements with a little church sounding music on the organ. The second movie is happy but heavy. The third movement is the heaviest of them all. You can bang your head to the final minute of this song with more passion then you can in Stravinsky s Rite of Spring. The String works are a nice suttle imaginary work that
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